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Very Slow printing on HP Deskjet 5940 in PCLinuxOS

Asked by Matthew Davies

I have a HP Deskjet 5940 printer connected to my PC via USB port. I am trying to get it to work properly in PCLinuxOS. Quality of prints is very good, but printing photos is painfully slow from any application. Text printing works at a normal speed - the same as Windows.
When a photo print job is sent, the printer does nothing for about 5 minutes, then pauses for about 2 minutes every minute.

I have HPLIP / HPIJS / foomatic installed.

Can anyone help me to speed up my printing?

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Can you run hp-check and post the output?

Are you using any usb hubs?

Thanks.

A

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#2

I have a USB hub, but the printer is not plugged into it. The printer is plugged directly into one of my computer's USB ports.

Below is the output of hp-check.

Thanks for the response. Let me know if you need more information.

Matthew

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.9)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 3.1

Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Basic system info...
 --> Linux localhost 2.6.18.8.tex5 #1 SMP Thu May 10 11:36:58 WST 2007 i686 Inte
l(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux

Currently installed version...
--> OK, HPLIP 1.6.9 currently installed.

HPLIP running?
 --> No, HPLIP is not running (OK).

HPOJ running?
 --> No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
--> OK, version 2.4.3 installed

Checking for dependency 'libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library)'.
..
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler)'...
 error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'sane (SANE - Scanning library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'gs (GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpret
er and previewer)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libpthread (libpthread - POSIX threads library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'make (make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of pro
grams)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'python-devel (python-devel - Python development files)'
...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'pyqt (PyQt - Qt interface for Python)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'cups-devel (cups-devel- Common Unix Printing System dev
elopment files)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'ppdev (ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module.)'..
.
 error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'libusb (libusb - USB library)'...
 error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'scanimage (scanimage - Shell scanning program)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking li
brary development files)'...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'python2x (Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming la
nguage)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'lsb (LSB - Linux Standard Base support)'...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'xsane (xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'cups (cups - Common Unix Printing System)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'python23 (Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax func tionality)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking existing CUPS queues...
   Printer Device URI HPLIP Inst alled?
  ------------ ------------------------------------------------- ------------- -------
  HPDesJet5940 hp:/usb/Deskjet_5900_series?serial=CN65M1T18204KF Yes

If any errors or warnings were reported, please refer to the installation instru ctions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html

[matthew@localhost ~]$ hp-check

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.6.9)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 3.1

Copyright (c) 2003-6 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Basic system info...
 --> Linux localhost 2.6.18.8.tex5 #1 SMP Thu May 10 11:36:58 WST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux

Currently installed version...
--> OK, HPLIP 1.6.9 currently installed.

HPLIP running?
 --> Yes, HPLIP is running (OK).

HPOJ running?
 --> No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
--> OK, version 2.4.3 installed

Checking for dependency 'libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler)'...
 error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'sane (SANE - Scanning library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'gs (GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libpthread (libpthread - POSIX threads library)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'make (make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'python-devel (python-devel - Python development files)'...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'pyqt (PyQt - Qt interface for Python)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'cups-devel (cups-devel- Common Unix Printing System development files)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'ppdev (ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module.)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libusb (libusb - USB library)'...
 error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'scanimage (scanimage - Shell scanning program)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files)'...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'python2x (Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'lsb (LSB - Linux Standard Base support)'...
error: Not found!

Checking for dependency 'xsane (xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'cups (cups - Common Unix Printing System)'...
 --> OK, found.

Checking for dependency 'python23 (Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality)'...
--> OK, found.

Checking existing CUPS queues...
   Printer Device URI HPLIP Installed?
  ------------ ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
  HPDesJet5940 usb://HP/Deskjet%205900%20series?serial=CN65M1T18204KF No
note: Any CUPS queues that are not 'HPLIP Installed', must be installed
note: with the 'hp:' or 'hpfax:' backends to have them work in HPLIP. Refer
note: to the install instructions on http://hplip.sourceforge.net for more help.

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Did you install hplip or are you using what came with pclinuxos?

If you are using what came with pclinuxos is it possible to try and install the latest release from http://hplip.sf.net ?

You are missing a bunch of dependencies, specifically regarding usb support so this may be part of the problem.

A

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#4

I was using what came with PCLinuxOS.

I downloaded the tarball for the latest release, extracted it, then tried to install, first with ./configure, then with ./hplip-install.

It didn't work...the output is below, with an error right at the end. I hope you know what it means. I'm a bit new to this stuff so it makes no sense to me.

Thanks for the help.

Matthew

[root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for g77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for f77... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for cf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for f90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for pghpf... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking for g95... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for ifort... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for ftn... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for pow in -lm... yes
checking for jpeg_set_defaults in -ljpeg... yes
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking linux/compiler.h usability... yes
checking linux/compiler.h presence... yes
checking for linux/compiler.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking malloc.h usability... yes
checking malloc.h presence... yes
checking for malloc.h... yes
checking syslog.h usability... yes
checking syslog.h presence... yes
checking for syslog.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking jpeglib.h usability... yes
checking jpeglib.h presence... yes
checking for jpeglib.h... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for uint32_t... yes
checking "for platform-dependencies"... "using Default platform.h"
checking for documentation build... yes
checking for hpijs only build... no
checking for network build... yes
checking for parallel port build... yes
checking for scanner build... yes
checking for gui build... yes
checking for fax build... yes
checking for cups 1.1.x build... no
checking for shadow build... no
checking "for foomatic ppd install"... no
checking "for foomatic xml install"... yes
checking for CRYPTO_free in -lcrypto... yes
checking for snmp_timeout in -lnetsnmp... no
configure: error: cannot find net-snmp support (or --disable-network-build)
[root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# ./hplip-install

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.10)
HPLIP Installer ver. 3.0

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Thu-13-Dec-2007_22:28:25.log

Initializing. Please wait...
error: You are running the installer as root. It is highly recommended that you run the installer as
error: a regular (non-root) user. Do you still wish to continue?
Continue with installation (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? n
[root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# su
[root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# su matthew
[matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$ ./hplip-install

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.10)
HPLIP Installer ver. 3.0

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Thu-13-Dec-2007_22:28:55.log

Initializing. Please wait...

note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.

INSTALLATION MODE
-----------------
Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options.
Custom mode allows you to chose installation options to fit specific requirements.

Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) :

INTRODUCTION
------------
This installer will install HPLIP version 2.7.10 on your computer.
Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc).

DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
----------------------
Distro appears to be PCLinuxOS 2007.0.

Is "PCLinuxOS 2007.0" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ?

ENTER ROOT/SUPERUSER PASSWORD
-----------------------------
Please enter the root/superuser password:
Password accepted

RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
----------------------------
su - -c "/etc/init.d/cups restart" (Pre-install step 1)

INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 4 missing REQUIRED dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: python-devel (python-devel - Python development files)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building support services)

INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 3 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network': libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan': sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': pil (PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))

CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
-------------------------------
Network connection present.

RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS
----------------------------
su -c "apt-get update" (Pre-depend step 1)

DEPENDENCY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
----------------------------------
Running 'su -c "apt-get install --yes gcc-c++ libpython2.4-devel libusb0.1_4-devel libtool libnet-snmp10-devel libsane1-devel python-imaging"'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
warning: A previous install of HPLIP is installed and/or running.
su -c "apt-get remove --yes hplip hpijs" (Removing old HPLIP version)
warning: An optional dependency 'pil (PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))' is still missing.
warning: Some features may not function as expected.

RUNNING POST-PACKAGE COMMANDS
-----------------------------

PRE-BUILD COMMANDS
------------------

BUILD AND INSTALL
-----------------
Running './configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-xml-install --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: './configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-xml-install --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr' command failed with status code 1
[matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$
[matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$
[matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

Please run:

./configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build
--enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build
--enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-xml-install
--disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr

in the source directory and post the output.

Thanks!
A

On Dec 13, 2007 1:37 PM, Matthew Davies <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Question #19972 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/19972
>
> Status: Needs information => Open
>
> Matthew Davies gave more information on the question:
> I was using what came with PCLinuxOS.
>
> I downloaded the tarball for the latest release, extracted it, then
> tried to install, first with ./configure, then with ./hplip-install.
>
> It didn't work...the output is below, with an error right at the end. I
> hope you know what it means. I'm a bit new to this stuff so it makes no
> sense to me.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Matthew
>
>
> [root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# ./configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
> checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
> checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
> checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
> checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> checking for g++... no
> checking for c++... no
> checking for gpp... no
> checking for aCC... no
> checking for CC... no
> checking for cxx... no
> checking for cc++... no
> checking for cl.exe... no
> checking for FCC... no
> checking for KCC... no
> checking for RCC... no
> checking for xlC_r... no
> checking for xlC... no
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
> checking dependency style of g++... none
> checking for g77... no
> checking for xlf... no
> checking for f77... no
> checking for frt... no
> checking for pgf77... no
> checking for cf77... no
> checking for fort77... no
> checking for fl32... no
> checking for af77... no
> checking for xlf90... no
> checking for f90... no
> checking for pgf90... no
> checking for pghpf... no
> checking for epcf90... no
> checking for gfortran... no
> checking for g95... no
> checking for xlf95... no
> checking for f95... no
> checking for fort... no
> checking for ifort... no
> checking for ifc... no
> checking for efc... no
> checking for pgf95... no
> checking for lf95... no
> checking for ftn... no
> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
> checking whether accepts -g... no
> checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for strip... strip
> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
> yes
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> configure: creating libtool
> appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
> appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) no
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) no
> checking dependency style of g++... (cached) none
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
> checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
> checking for pow in -lm... yes
> checking for jpeg_set_defaults in -ljpeg... yes
> checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
> checking pthread.h usability... yes
> checking pthread.h presence... yes
> checking for pthread.h... yes
> checking linux/compiler.h usability... yes
> checking linux/compiler.h presence... yes
> checking for linux/compiler.h... yes
> checking fcntl.h usability... yes
> checking fcntl.h presence... yes
> checking for fcntl.h... yes
> checking malloc.h usability... yes
> checking malloc.h presence... yes
> checking for malloc.h... yes
> checking syslog.h usability... yes
> checking syslog.h presence... yes
> checking for syslog.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking jpeglib.h usability... yes
> checking jpeglib.h presence... yes
> checking for jpeglib.h... yes
> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
> checking for inline... inline
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
> checking for uint32_t... yes
> checking "for platform-dependencies"... "using Default platform.h"
> checking for documentation build... yes
> checking for hpijs only build... no
> checking for network build... yes
> checking for parallel port build... yes
> checking for scanner build... yes
> checking for gui build... yes
> checking for fax build... yes
> checking for cups 1.1.x build... no
> checking for shadow build... no
> checking "for foomatic ppd install"... no
> checking "for foomatic xml install"... yes
> checking for CRYPTO_free in -lcrypto... yes
> checking for snmp_timeout in -lnetsnmp... no
> configure: error: cannot find net-snmp support (or
> --disable-network-build)
> [root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# ./hplip-install
>
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.10)
> HPLIP Installer ver. 3.0
>
> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
>
> Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Thu-13-Dec-2007_22:28:25.log
>
> Initializing. Please wait...
> error: You are running the installer as root. It is highly recommended
> that you run the installer as
> error: a regular (non-root) user. Do you still wish to continue?
> Continue with installation (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? n
> [root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# su
> [root@localhost hplip-2.7.10]# su matthew
> [matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$ ./hplip-install
>
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.10)
> HPLIP Installer ver. 3.0
>
> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
>
> Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Thu-13-Dec-2007_22:28:55.log
>
> Initializing. Please wait...
>
> note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to
> accept the default.
>
>
> INSTALLATION MODE
> -----------------
> Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common
> options.
> Custom mode allows you to chose installation options to fit specific
> requirements.
>
> Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) :
>
>
> INTRODUCTION
> ------------
> This installer will install HPLIP version 2.7.10 on your computer.
> Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept,
> Synaptic, Up2date, etc).
>
>
> DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
> ----------------------
> Distro appears to be PCLinuxOS 2007.0.
>
> Is "PCLinuxOS 2007.0" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no,
> q=quit) ?
>
>
> ENTER ROOT/SUPERUSER PASSWORD
> -----------------------------
> Please enter the root/superuser password:
> Password accepted
>
>
> RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
> ----------------------------
> su - -c "/etc/init.d/cups restart" (Pre-install step 1)
>
>
> INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
> -------------------------------------
> warning: There are 4 missing REQUIRED dependencies.
> note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++
> Compiler)
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: python-devel (python-devel - Python
> development files)
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library)
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building
> support services)
>
>
> INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
> -------------------------------------
> warning: There are 3 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
> note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network':
> libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development
> files)
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan': sane-devel (SANE -
> Scanning library development files)
> warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': pil (PIL - Python
> Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))
>
>
> CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
> -------------------------------
> Network connection present.
>
>
> RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS
> ----------------------------
> su -c "apt-get update" (Pre-depend step 1)
>
>
> DEPENDENCY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
> ----------------------------------
> Running 'su -c "apt-get install --yes gcc-c++ libpython2.4-devel
> libusb0.1_4-devel libtool libnet-snmp10-devel libsane1-devel
> python-imaging"'
> Please wait, this may take several minutes...
> warning: A previous install of HPLIP is installed and/or running.
> su -c "apt-get remove --yes hplip hpijs" (Removing old HPLIP version)
> warning: An optional dependency 'pil (PIL - Python Imaging Library
> (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))' is still missing.
> warning: Some features may not function as expected.
>
>
> RUNNING POST-PACKAGE COMMANDS
> -----------------------------
>
>
> PRE-BUILD COMMANDS
> ------------------
>
>
> BUILD AND INSTALL
> -----------------
> Running './configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build
> --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build
> --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-xml-install
> --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr'
> Please wait, this may take several minutes...
> error: './configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build
> --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build
> --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-xml-install
> --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr' command failed with status code 1
> [matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$
> [matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$
> [matthew@localhost hplip-2.7.10]$
>
> --
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> contact for HPLIP.
>

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#6

Here is the output of your command:

Thanks again.
Matthew

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for f77... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for cf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for f90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for pghpf... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking for g95... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for ifort... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for ftn... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for pow in -lm... yes
checking for jpeg_set_defaults in -ljpeg... yes
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking linux/compiler.h usability... yes
checking linux/compiler.h presence... yes
checking for linux/compiler.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking malloc.h usability... yes
checking malloc.h presence... yes
checking for malloc.h... yes
checking syslog.h usability... yes
checking syslog.h presence... yes
checking for syslog.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking jpeglib.h usability... yes
checking jpeglib.h presence... yes
checking for jpeglib.h... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for uint32_t... yes
checking "for platform-dependencies"... "using Default platform.h"
checking for documentation build... yes
checking for hpijs only build... no
checking for network build... yes
checking for parallel port build... no
checking for scanner build... yes
checking for gui build... yes
checking for fax build... yes
checking for cups 1.1.x build... no
checking for shadow build... no
checking "for foomatic ppd install"... yes
checking "for foomatic xml install"... no
checking for CRYPTO_free in -lcrypto... yes
checking for snmp_timeout in -lnetsnmp... yes
checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h usability... yes
checking net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h presence... yes
checking for net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h... yes
checking for cupsDoFileRequest in -lcups... yes
checking cups/cups.h usability... yes
checking cups/cups.h presence... yes
checking for cups/cups.h... yes
checking for usb_init in -lusb... yes
checking usb.h usability... yes
checking usb.h presence... yes
checking for usb.h... yes
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.2... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.4
checking for python platform... linux2
checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for path to Python.h... "using /usr/include/python2.4"
checking python2.4/Python.h usability... yes
checking python2.4/Python.h presence... yes
checking for python2.4/Python.h... yes
checking for sane_open in -lsane... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating hplip.conf
config.status: creating hplip.desktop
config.status: executing depfiles commands

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#7

I reinstalled the printer, and installed a PPD file from HP's web site (hpijs driver). The printer seems to be a bit faster now, but still waits a long time before starting.

When I run hp-check, this is what I get now (looks better)

Matthew

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.10)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 12.0

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Saving output in log file: hp-check.log

Initializing. Please wait...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
 ---------------

Basic system information:
Linux localhost 2.6.18.8.tex5 #1 SMP Thu May 10 11:36:58 WST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux

Distribution:
pclinuxos 2007.0

HPOJ running?
No, HPOJ is not running (OK).

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.4.3 installed

Checking PyQt version...
OK, version 3.14 installed.

Checking SIP version...
OK, Version 4.2.1 installed

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.2.4

Checking for Reportlab...
OK, version >= 2.0

----------------
| DEPENDENCIES |
 ----------------

Checking for dependency: cups - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: cups-devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: ppdev - Parallel port support kernel module....
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PyQt - Qt interface for Python...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: python-devel - Python development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
OK, found.

----------------------
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
 ----------------------

Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 2.7.10 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hpssd]
# Note: hpssd does not support dynamic ports
# Port 2207 is the IANA assigned port for hpssd
port=2207

[hplip]
version=2.7.10

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-2.7.10
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
foomatic=/usr/share/foomatic

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
foomatic-xml-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=2.7.10.11

----------------------
| INSTALLED PRINTERS |
 ----------------------

HPDesJet5940
------------
Type: Unknown
Installed in HPLIP?: No, not using the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend.
Device URI: usb://HP/Deskjet%205900%20series?serial=CN65M1T18204KF
PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HPDesJet5940.ppd
PPD Description: HP DeskJet 5940 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
Printer status: printer HPDesJet5940 is idle. enabled since Fri 14 Dec 2007 10:11:59 PM CET
warning: Printer is not HPLIP installed. Printers must use the hp: or hpfax: CUPS backend to function in HPLIP.

----------------------
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
 ----------------------

'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.

Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname ASUS TV-FM 7135 virtual device

---------------------
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
 ---------------------

Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.

Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.

-----------------
| USB I/O SETUP |
 -----------------

Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0x8704 at 003:006:
    Device URI: hp:/usb/Deskjet_5900_series?serial=CN65M1T18204KF
    Device node: /dev/bus/usb/003/006
    Mode: 0660

-----------
| SUMMARY |
 -----------

error: 1 error or warning.

Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#8

The printer is configured using the usb:// backend:

Device URI: usb://HP/Deskjet%205900%20series?serial=CN65M1T18204KF

The ./configure seemed to complete okay. Then run

make
su
make install
hp-setup

and see if the setup can configure the printer and if it works better.

A

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#9

I did that and now the printer will not do anything. I also removed it and reinstalled via the PCLOS control center (which usually works) and it still does not work.

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#10

I reinstalled HPLIP. When I send something to the printer, I get a job listed in KJobviewer. The job always says "processing".

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dwelch91 (dwelch91) said : 		#11

Probably the best way to proceed is to put CUPS into debug mode and to take
a look at the error log. Instructions are here:

http://hplip.sourceforge.net/troubleshooting/printing.html

Issue #2.

Make sure you clear out your queue with lprm first so that new jobs will get
processed. Then, post the log here.

On Dec 16, 2007 1:46 PM, Matthew Davies <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Question #19972 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/19972
>
> Matthew Davies gave more information on the question:
> I reinstalled HPLIP. When I send something to the printer, I get a job
> listed in KJobviewer. The job always says "processing".
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a member of HP
> Linux Imaging and Printing, which is an answer contact for HPLIP.
>

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#12

This is the error_log file when I try to print a very simple text document.

KJobviewer lists the job as "processing" but nothing ever happens.

Thanks for your help.
Matthew

[root@localhost matthew]# tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40] JCL: <job data>
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40]
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40] renderer PID kid4=11061
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40] renderer command: gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="deskjet 5600" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842 -dDuplex=false -r300 -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2,PS:MediaPosition=7 -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=- -
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40]
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:23 +0100] [Job 40] Closing renderer
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:24 +0100] [Job 40] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-sstdout=%stderr' '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' '-sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer=HEWLETT-PACKARD' '-sDeviceModel=deskjet 5600' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595' '-dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=842' '-dDuplex=false' '-r300' '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2,PS:MediaPosition=7' '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutputFile=%stdout' '-'
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:24 +0100] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:24 +0100] [Job 40] KID3 exited with status 0
D [18/Dec/2007:21:45:30 +0100] cupsdCloseClient: 7

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#13

I also noticed in this log file, it says "deskjet 5600", whereas my printer is a deskjet 5940 (and I set it up as a 5940 in linux). Not sure if this is a problem?

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#14

I'm going to configure a PCLinuxOS system and do some testing with this.

Sorry for the delay.

A

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#15

Great!! Thanks a lot.

I now have the updated HPLIP installed and I get the behaviour above.

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#16

Okay I think I know what's going on. PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva. Although we thought we had the Mandriva permissions worked out awhile ago we still have a problem with them. We are going to be working on hopefully fixing this in the next release. Regardless this also effects PCLinuxOS as well.

Run:

su -c "kwrite /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"

Change: "Group sys" to "Group lp"

Save, Exit

Then run:

su -c "kwrite /etc/security/console.perms.d/50-mandriva.perms"

Change the line:

<usb>=/dev/usb/dabusb* ...... (where ..... is a lot more text, but it should all be on one line, which may wrap.)

to

#<usb>=/dev/usb/dabusb* ........

Add the line:

<usb>=/dev/usb/dabusb* /dev/usb/mdc800* /dev/usb/rio500 /dev/ttyUSB*

Save, Exit.

Disconnect the printer, and reconnect it.

Try to print. If you continue problems delete the queue and re-add the printer using hp-setup.

Also make sure than all past jobs are removed.

If this doesn't work, update this thread. Although it -should- fix it.

Aaron

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#17

Thanks AA, you're a genius. My printer is now working with documents. I haven't tried printing photos yet but will try it later today and let you know how it goes.

Can you explain to me in simple terms what the above commands are doing?

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#18

It has to do with the permissions on the usb port and the primary printing group in cups. (Cupsd.conf) The mandriva usb security is more restrictive than what works best for hplip. Although other distros don't have this problem anymore so I'm not sure exactly the reasoning for mandriva using this security. But we got it working, so that's good. :)

All the best!

Aaron

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Matthew Davies (davies-m) said : 		#19

Tried printing some photos - works pretty well but I think it's still a little bit slower than in windows and there are some annoying pauses in the middle of each page.